"bacteria injected 'Aedes Aegypty ' dengue mosquitoes to the Sri Lankan enviornment in view of controlling the spreading of Dengue scheduled to be taken place at Ananda Samarakoon Open Theater in Nugegoda on this Monday (02)morning according to the National Dengue Control Programme.

Australian government Is funding this programme which is being implemented as a pilot project in Dematagoda and Nugegoda areas .

Wolbachia bacteria has been proved as an effective meassure to control the spreading of Dengue during research work carried out in Australia and many other countries.

reserve attached to Laxapana area in Hatton since last Thursday (27)night it has been reported .

The Residents of the area had managed to contain the fire according to reports .
However as the fire began to spread in Upper areas of the reserve since yesterday (28)Bell-212 Aircraft belonging to Sri Lanka Airforce is being utilised to spray water taken from Maussakale Reservoir by air to douse the fire

The hot temperatures prevailed in yesterday (28)and the day after in the area believes to be the cause for the fire .

island from Italy with signs of Fever and coughing had been admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Angoda (Fever Hospital )this evening on suspicion of contacted with Corona Virus (Covid -19 virus (28)according to the Health Ministry sources.

The two Sri lankans had been identified as suspects of Coronavirus at the health unit of Katunayake International Airport Health Unit .

They were later transferred to the IDH Hospital and their sputum Samples had sent to the Medical Research Institute in Borella to check whether they have infected with the virus .

Meamwhile Health officials had hesitant to reveal whereabouts of the two Sri Lankans arrived in from Italy when contacted to get information on them.